When Health Becomes a Profit Centre: Is Our System Working for Us?
Series: Who Really Decides? – Taking Back Our Community’s Voice
We all want a healthcare system that’s there for us when we need it. A system built on care, not on profit. But increasingly, the decisions made in Canberra seem to favour corporate balance sheets over patient wellbeing, leaving our community with longer waiting lists, rising fees, and a public system under pressure.
This isn’t happening by accident. Just like with climate policy, the health sector is another area where powerful, concentrated lobbying can have a huge impact on our daily lives.